Machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with lever closing devices.



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MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING SAFETY LABELS T0 BOTTLES WITH LEVER CLOSINGDEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1903. NO MODEL.

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No. 771,635. PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.

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No. 771,635. PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904 G. A. HIRTH. MACHINE FOR ATTAGHINGSAFETY LABELS TO BOTTLES WITH LEVER v CLOSING DEVICES.

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MAGHINE FOR ATTAGHING SAFETY LABELS T0 BOTTLES WITH LEVER CLOSINGDEVICES.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ALBERT HIRTH, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

MACHINE F OR ATTACHING SAFETY-LABELS T BOTTLES WITH LEVER CLOSINGDEVICES.

BPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,635, dated October4, 1904:.

Application filed January 14, 1903. Serial No. 139,036. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' for Attaching Safety-Labels to Bottles with rendered nugatory.

Lever Closing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

Bottles provided with the well known lightning or other leverclosing-stoppers are usually protected against unauthorized opening bypasting a paper strip over the locking-lever when the bottle is closed.By using this safety device it is necessary to paste a second speciallabel on the bottle in order to denote the contents of it. The use ofsuch a safety-strip and label is open to certain objections, as thepaste easily dissolves under the influence of moisture, so that thelabels are liable to drop off. Furthermore, the safetystrip can beremoved and pasted on again, so that .the' object of the safety-stripwould be Another important disadvantagewas found in washing the emptybottles, in which case the removal of the labels is connected with somedifliculty when good paste is used and sometimes almost impossiblewithout the aid of a scraper. The

water inwhich the bottles are washed is quickly smudged by the dissolvedpaste and pieces of paper, so that a frequent changing of the water isrequired. Besides that, it is difficult to remove the paste stilladhering to the bottles. The entrance of wash-water to the interior ofthe bottles, which is unavoidable, is furthermore highly objectionableand contrary to hygienic principles.

For the purpose of overcoming the objections just described the objectof this invention is to furnish an improved machine by which the pastingof labels on the bottles may by dispensed with and by which theclosinglevers of the stoppers are secured by a safety device consistingof a ticket or label which is applied to the stopper-bail by a neck-wireor string and staple in a quick and effective manner and at considerableless expense than the safety device and labels heretofore used for thispurpose; and for this purpose the invenof the string or wire to a labelor ticket by a V metallic staple clenched thereto.

The invention consists, further, of suitable means for feeding a stripof paper printed with the text of the label, cutting the label from thesame, and feeding it to the mechanisms for attaching the ends of thestring or wire and staple.

The invention consists, lastly, of the constructive details of thestring or wire holding, feeding, and looping devices, which will befully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bottle, showing myimproved safety-label as applied to the locking device of the same. Fig..3 is a plan view, partly in horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a verticaltransverse section on line 4 I, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectiontaken on line 5 5, Fig. 3, and showing the mechanism for feeding thepaper strip and cutting the labels or tickets from the same. Fig. 6 is adetail vertical section on line 6 6, Fig. 7, showing thelooping-grippers and their actuating mechanism. Fig. 7 is an endelevation of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 88, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse section on line 9 9, Fig. 8.Figs. 10 to 15 are detail plan views of the string or wire feeding andlooping devices, showing the successive positions of the same while thestring or wire is looped around the closing-lever and bail of thebottle-stopper. Figs. 16 and 17 are front views of the feeding devicesand actuating means therefor, showing the same in different positions.Fig. 18 is a vertical longitudinal section of Fig. 17, taken on line l818. Fig. 19 is a top view of Fig. 17; and Fig. 20 is a verticallongitudinal section of Fig. 3, taken on line 20 20.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved machine for attaching safetylabels to bottles with leverclosing devices consists of the following principal mechanisms: lirst,astring or wire feeding and cutting-ofl' device; second, a gripperdevice for taking hold of the cut-oif string or wire; third, a devicefor looping the string or wire around the bail and locking-lever of thestopper; fourth, a feeding device and mechanism for cutting the labelsor tickets from the supplystrip; fifth, a die for feeding and clenchinga sheet-metal clasp to the ends of the string or wire and the label orticket.

Any suitable motion-transmitting means which are actuated by cams on thedriving cam-shaft may be employed for actuating the operating devicesdescribed, said transmitting mechanism forming no part of the invention,and therefore not being described.

The machine consists of a bed-plate A, at the front part of which arearranged symmetrical to the vertical center plane of the machine thestring or wire feeding devices and the looping-grippers, while thelabel-feeding device and mechanism are at the right-hand part of themachine. The cutting-die is arranged at the rear part of the machine andin line with the vertical center plane of the machine. The devices forfeeding the label forward to the bottle and the clasp-clenching devicesare arranged in the center plane of the machine. The string or wire f,employed for holding the ticket or label, is fed froma suitable reel andconducted first through an eye or upright fork 4 then through a hole inthe end of a lever 2, which turns on a fulcrum 3, said leve'r beingacted upon by a spring 301, so as to produce the unwinding of the stringor wire from the reel. The string or wire passes then over a secondguide-eye 1 into the quill, which is located at right angles to thecenter plane of the machine, as shown in Fig. 3, the quill 1 beingslotted at the rear end and provided at its opposite end with aspringactuated clutch device 101, which prevents the backward sliding ofthe string or wire without interfering with the forward or outwardmotion of the same. The quill 1 is capable of longitudinal motion by arack 6 at its lower end and a gear-wheel 5, meshing therewith, as shownin Figs. 8 and 20. Below the quill 1 are arranged at both sides of andsymmetrical with the center plane of the machine grippers 7 and 8 insuch a manner that the quill can pass through the open jaws of the same,as shown in Figs. 3 and 10 to 15. The gripper 8 is provided with tworecesses 9 and 10, while the gripper 7 is only provided with a centerclamping-rib 11. The opening of the grippers 7 and 8 is accomplished byan axiallymovable cam 12, while the closing of the same is produced by aspring, both being shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Above the gripper 8 isarranged a circular knife for cutting off the string or wire. Thiscircular knife consists of a disk 13, which is located eccentrically toits shaft 141 on an arm 15, which is capable of adjustment on the hub401 of the disk by means of a set-screw 402, as shown in Fig. 7.

The circular knife can thereby be used along its entire circumference,with exception of a small portion which is not provided with a cuttingedge. During the cutting action the knife turns on its shaft 14: in therecess 10 of the gripper 8, as shown in Figs. 3, 8, and 20. When thestring or wire f has been fed forward by the quill 1 until the end ofthe wire f arrives at gripper 7 the same closes and clamps the endsecurely. The quill then returns, the clutch 101 of the same permittingit do so until the end of its stroke, when the gripper 8 closes and alsoholds the wire securely, as well as in taut position, in place.

The second gripper device consists of two parallel arms 16, which areprovided with forked and feathering ends 161, that are preferably bentoutwardly at their ends for the more reliable engagement of the stringor wire. The arms 16 are adjustably attached to crank-arms 17 in such amanner that they are turned by the rotation of the cranks parallel tothe axis of rotation of the same, as shown clearly in Figs. 16,17, and18. The arms 16 are swiveled in the crank 17 and are connected with thegoverning-rods 29 by arms 30, the arms 30 and the governing-rods 29being pivotally connected by a pin 163, so that the gripper-arms 16 donot change their position during the rotation of the cranks, but remainalways parallel with each other, so that the gripping ends of the arms16 are always located in vertical position and prevent thereby theturning out of the string or wire around the arms 16. When a string orwire f is fed through the quill 1 to the gripper 8 over to gripper 7,the same is held in stretched position, and the gripping devices on thearms 16 can then engage the same by their feathering and clamping ends,the left-hand gripper alongside of the gripper 7 at the right-hand sideof its rib 11, while the right-hand gripper takes hold of the string orwire in the slot 9 of the gripper 8. When both grippers 16 have justengaged the string or wire, the circular cutting-knife is actuated, soas to cut off the string or wire f, as shown in Fig. 13.

A third pair of looping-grippers 18 is located at both sides of thecenter plane of the machine adjacent to the grippers at the ends of thearms 16 when the latter are in their forward position, as shown in Fig.13, said third pair of looping-grippers being supported on the ends ofcranks 19, which are mounted on shafts 20. The jaws of thelooping-grippers 18 protrude toward each other and are fulcrumed to thecranks 19. A rotary motion through an angle of one hundred and eightydegrees is imparted to the shafts 20 by means of a fork or clutch 24,that can be shifted in the direction of the axis of the shaft 20, sothat in addition to the axially-rotating motion a shifting motion isimparted, so as to produce the closing or opening of thelooping-grippers, as shown in Figs. 6, 9, 10, and

'13. This opening or closing of the loopinggrippers is accomplished by aspring-actuated rod 21, which is actuated by an elbowlever 22 andlifter-rod 23. This motion is transmitted by the arm 25 to alongitudinal rod 26, whichis loosely located in a longitudinal centerbore of the shaft 20, which rod acts on a lever 27 on the oscillatingjaw of the looping-grippers, as shown clearly in Fig. 6.

The grippers 161 on the arms 16 turn with their crank-arms 17 towardeach other, which is accomplished by means of a 'rod or small shaft onan actuating-rod 64, engaging the forked ends 66 of the crank-arms 17 assoon as the grippers have released the string or wire, by which movementthe string or wire is permitted to hang down in a loop, the ends ofwhich are fed by the forward motion of the feed-grippers 18 through thespace between the bottle-neck and the bail 7) of the stopper aroundone-half the bottle-neck, as shown in Fig. 13. The forward motion of thefeedgrippers 16 is'obtained by means of a rack 71 at the bottom of thesupport 69, on which the feed-grippers are pivoted, meshing with agear-wheel 70, in turn actuated by any suitable means. The loopinggrippers 18 are opened, inasmuch as the lifting-rods 23 act on theelbow-levers 22, so that the ends of the string or wire which protrudefrom the feedgrippers 16 between the jaws of the loopinggrippers 18 areengaged thereby, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14. The feeding-grippers 16are then returned immediately into their initial position. Thelooping-grippers 18 are then moved around the bail b of the stopperaround an angleof one hundred and eighty degrees, as described, the endsof the string or wire being simultaneously looped'around the shank ofthe locking-lever and bail-wire and moved so as to approacheach other,while at the same time guides 28, which project from one of the jaws ofthe looping-grippers 18, serve to hold the ends of the string or wireparallel, as shown in Fig. 15.

While the string or wire is looped around the ends of the bail and shankof the lockinglever of the bottle-stopper, the label or ticket which isattached to the string or wire is simultaneously cut out from a suitablestrip of paper or tin that is fed to the cutting-dies and then fedtoward the ends of thestring or wire held parallel, as described, so asto produce the attaching of the same to the label or ticket by means ofa metallic clasp 71/ which is clenched by suitable mechanism to thelabel or ticket.

The paper-feeding and label-cutting die is constructed as follows: On astrip of paper 6 of suitable width are printed at a suitable distancefrom each other the texts of the labels, said strip being wound upon areel 31 and guided from the reel around the feedrolls 32 33. Theguide-roll 33 is supported in the ends ofan oscillating lever 34 andserves for unwinding the strip 0 from the reel 31 before the feedingdevice proper engages the paper strip 6. The strip 615 guided adjacentto the guide-roll 32 horizontally in ways 36 and supported on a carrier37, which is provided with a slide 38, on which the bearings for theshaft of the feed-dog 35 are supported. The carrier 37 moves alwaysthrough the same distancethat is, has a constant stroke, which isproduced by the action of an elbowlever 39, that receives its motionfrom a pressure-rod 40, which engages the lower arm of the elbow-lever,as shown in Fig. 5. The slide-plate 38 is carried along by the carrier37 by friction, its motion being limited by a stationary wall 41 at theleft-hand end and by an adjustable stop-screw 42 at the opposite end. Inthis manner the machine can be used for feeding labels or tickets ofdifferent sizes. Along the edges of the strip 0 are punched holes 43,corresponding to the stroke of the feed-dog 35. The feed-dog is providedwith a nose at its lower end, which is beveled at its rear part andapplied to an oscillating leverarm 44, on'which the nose can be adjustedso as to permit the easy passing of the feed-dog from the hole 43 of thestripe. When the carrier 37 is moved, with the friction-slide 38, fromthe right toward the left. while the nose of the feed-dog has engagedthe opening 43 of the strip 6, the latter is then moved in forwarddirection; but when the carrier is moved from the left toward the rightthe nose of the feed-dog 35 slides from the opening over the strip a,which is then held stationary. As soon as the friction-slide 38 abutsagainst the stop-screw 42 the nose drops into the edge hole 43 of thestrip a, after which the carrier and strip commence their next forwardmotion. It is preferable to arrange two feed-dogs, one along each edgeof the strip a, so as to secure the uniform feeding of the same andprevent any edge binding thereof. The end portion of the strip 0 passesby the feed-motion of the carrier under a vertically-reciprocatingcupshaped cutting-die 47. In the hollow shank 48 of the same is guidedthe spindle 51 of a vertically-reciprocating stamp, by whichsimultaneously with the cutting out of the label or ticket the date ofthe bottling can be printed on the label or ticket.

The label-cutting die is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. It consists of thecup-shaped cutting-die 47, having a tubular shank 48, which die is movedup and down at the proper time, and of a lower cutting-die or matrix 50.The upper end of the same after the action of the cutting-dies on avertically-movable fork-shaped table 53, which is raised or lowered bymeans of a pusher-rod 54 and lug 55. In the forked table is guided aslide 56, which is operated to and fro by a rack 58 and gear-wheel 57.The slide-piece 56 terminates in a small plate 59, to which the forkedtable 53 and stamp deliver the label or ticket, after which a forwardmotion is imparted to the slide 56 in a direction at right angles tothat in which the paper strip 6 is conducted to the cutting-dies, sothat the label or ticket arrives finally with its end portion projectingover the plate 59 below the parallel ends of the string or wire f, theprojecting end of the label or ticket being placed simultaneously in aslot of the clasp-clenching device 60, as shown in Fig. 4.

The clasp-clenching device consists of a reel 61 for the sheet-metalstrip at and a bending device, with movable horn, pushing, and bendingmechanism. These devices, however, are well known and are indicated onlyin general outlines in Fig. 1. They may be connected with a supplementalstamping mechanism by which a certain predetermined impression may beimparted to the sheet-metal strip m before the cutting off and bendingofthe clasp. These devices are well known and form no part of thisinvention.

My improved machine is operated as follows: After the string or wire f,the printed paper strip, and the sheet-metal strip for the staples havebeen placed on their respective reels and in proper position the machineis started, so that the string or wire f is conducted through the quill1 and between the holding-gripper 8 to the holding-gripper 7. This isaccomplished by moving the quill 1 over entirely until it is locatedbetween the open holding-grippers 7 and 8. By the return motion of thequill 1 the holding-grippers 7 and 8 close on the string or wire andhold the same firmly in taut position, so that the feeding-grippers 16,which are moved in forward direction, can grip the ends of the string orwire between the holding-grippers 7 and 8, while the firmly-clamped endof the string or wire held by the gripper 8 is cut oil cl-ose to the endof the quill 1 by the rotating cutting-knife 13. The holdinggrippers 7and 8 are then opened and the grippers 16 are moved toward each other,so that the string or wire hangs down in a loop. Simultaneously thefeeding-grippers 16 are moved forward and are passed through between theneck of the bottle and the lower ends of the stopper-bail Z) of thebottle, which is held in position at the center front part of themachine. It is obvious that instead of moving the feeding-grippers 16forward along the bottle-neck the bottle can be placed over theforwardlymoved grippers 16, if desired. hen the grippers are in thisposition, the outwardlypro ectmg ends of the string or wire fare takenup by the looping-grippers 18, which are then turned to an angle of onehundred and eighty degrees into position shown in Figs. 3 and 15, sothat the string or wire is passed around the ends of the bail inbackward direction, while the loop portion of the string or wire isdrawn tightly around the in ner half of the bottle-neck. Theloopinggrippers 18 are then approached toward each other, so that theends of the string or wire are located parallel and closely to eachother by means of the guides on the jaws. While this operation ofholding, cutting, feeding, and looping the string or wire isaccomplished the printed label-strip is fed forward to the cutting-outdies, cut to the proper shape, and fed forward at right angles to themotion of the paper to a platform near the bottle, in which position theend of the label is located below the ends of the string or wire. Inthis position of the string or wire and the ends of the label a U-shapedstaple is forced through the projecting end of the label over the endsof the string or wire and clenched to the un der side of the label, sothat the end of the string or wire is firmly clamped to the label, sothat the same is suspended on the bottleneck, as shown in Fig. 2.

The safety string or wire, with the label attached thereto, forms asafety device which prevents the unauthorized opening of the bottleexcept by tearing off the label and breaking the safety device. Thesafety-label prevents thereby the unauthorized opening of the bottle andforms a very neat attachment to the same, especially as the date ofbottling and other data can be simultaneously stamped on the label. 5

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A l'nachine for attaching safety-labels'to bottleswith lever closing devices, which consists of means for feeding a stringor wire, means for holding the string orwire, means for cutting off saidstring'or wire, means for passing the cut-off string or wire between thebottle-neck and bail-wire of the stopper, means for looping said wire orstring around the stopper-bail and bringing its ends in close proximitywith each other, means for feeding a label into position below the endsof the IIO string or wi re, and means for clenching a sheetmetal stapleover the ends of the string or wire on the label, so as to securely holdthe safety-label and wire on the bottle-neck and stopper-bail.

2. A machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with lever closingdevices, which consists of means for feeding a string or wire, grippersfor holding the string or wire, an intermittently-rotating knife forcutting off said string or wire, feed-grippers for passing said cut-offstring or wire between the bottle-neck and bail-wire of the stopper,grippers forlooping said wire or string around the stopper-bail'an'd'bringing its ends in close proximity with and wire on thebottle-neck and stopper-bail,

substantially as set forth.

3. A machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with lever closingdevices, which consists of a reciprocating quill, means for feeding astring or wire to said quill, grippers for holding said string or wireon the retraction of said quill, a rotary cutting-knife adjacent to oneof the holding-grippers for cutting off said string or wire,feed-grippers for passing the cut-off string or wire between the neck ofthe bottle and stopper-bail, oscillating looping-grippers for bendingit' around the stopper-bail, means for feeding a label into positionbelow the ends of the string or wire held by the looping-grippers, andmeans for clenching a sheet-metal staple over the ends of the string orwire onto the label so as to secure the string or wire and the label tothe bottle-neck and stopper-bail, substantially as set forth.

4. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination of a reciprocating quill having aclutch on its end, means for feeding a string or wire to said quill,means for reciprocating the quill, holding-grippers located in line withthe quill, one of said holding-grippers being provided with jaws havinga center rib and side recesses and the other gripper with jaws havingtwo recesses, and an intermittentlyrotated cutting-knife for cutting015? the required length of string or wire on the retraction of thequill, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination of a reciprocating quill, means forfeeding a string or wire to the quill, said quill being slotted at oneend and provided with a clutch device at the other end, holding-grippers located in line with the quill, one of the holding-grippersbeingprovided with jaws having two recesses and the other with jawshaving a center rib and side recesses, means for opening or closingsaidholding-grippers at the proper time, and an intermittently-rotatingcutting-knife entering into one of the recesses of one of theholding-grippers for cutting oif the required length of wire,substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination of a reciprocating quill, means forfeeding a string or wire to the quill, said quill being slotted at oneend and provided with a clutch device at the other end, holding-gripperslocated in line with the quill, means for actuating saidholding-grippers at the proper time,means for cutting off the requiredlength of wire, and means for adjusting said cutting means.

7. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination, with a reciprocating quill, of meansfor feeding a string or wire to said quill, holding-grippers forengaging said string or wire, an intermittently-rotating cutting-knifefor cutting off the proper length of wire, a crankarm for supportingsaid knife, and means for adjusting said crank-arm so as to adjust theposition of the cutting-knife relatively to the string or wire to becut, substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination, with grippers for holding a string orwire, of feed-grippers that are moved forward alongside of theholding-grippers so as to take up the ends of the string or wire, meansfor moving the feed-grippers toward each other, means for moving themforward so as to pass the string or wire ends through the space betweenthe bottle-neck and stopper-bail, and looping-grippers adapted to engagethe ends of the string or wire after the same are moved forward by thefeed-grippers, substantially as set forth.

9. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination, with grippers for holding a string orwire, said grippers having jaws provided with recesses, of feed-grippersadapted to engage the ends of said string or wire, means for moving thefeed-grippers first parallel toward each other and then in forwarddirection so as to pass said ends through the space between thebottle-neck and the stopper-bail wire, looping-grippers for engaging theends of said string or wire, and means for oscillating them in backwarddirection for looping the ends around the bail-wire and bringing them inproximity with each other, substantially as set forth,

10. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the com bination, with grippers for holding a string orwire, of feed-grippers adapted to engage the ends of said string orwire, means for moving said feed-grippers first toward each other and.then in forward direction so as to pass with the ends of the string orwire through the space between the bottle-neck and stopper bail-wire,looping-grippers for engaging the ends of the string orwire,.said-looping-grippers being provided with guides, and means formoving said looping-grippers in backward direction for bringing the endsof the string or wire in proximity to and parallel with each other,substantially as set forth.

'11. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination, with the looping-grippers for holdingthe ends of a string or wire around a bottle-neck and stopper bail-wire,of means for intermittently feeding a paper band, cuttingdies forcutting a label from said band, a feedtable for said label, means formoving said table and label toward the looping-grippers, and meansforclenching a sheet-metal staple over the ends of the string or Wire ontothe label, substantially as set forth.

12. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with levcrclosing devices, the combination of a reciprocating carrier, a paperstrip guided in ways of said carrier, means for intermittently feedingthe paper strip to said carrier, dies for cutting the labels from thepaper strip, a forked table below the dies, means for raising saidforked table to receive the cut-out label from the dies, a clenchingmechanism, a stationary table in front of said clenching mechanism, andmeans for feeding the cut-out label forward at right angles to thepaper-feeding device to the stationary tables and clenching mechanism.

13. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination with a paper-feeding device, of diesfor cutting out the labels from the same, a Weighted plunger in theupper cup-shaped die for pressing a suitable stamp on the labelsimultaneously with the cutting of the same, a forked table, a slidemovable in the same to which the label is delivered, and means forreciprocating the slide in the forked table.

14:. In a machine for attaching safety-labels to bottles with leverclosing devices, the combination with a reciprocating carrier providedwith guideways, of means for intermittently feeding a paper strip tosaid carrier, dies for cutting labels from said paper strip, a forkedtable below said dies, means for vertically reciprocating the forkedtable, a slide movable in said forked table, means for horizontallyreciprocating said slide in the forked table so as to feed the cut-outlabel forwardly from the dies, a stationary platform to which the labelsare delivered, and a staple-clenching device for attaching the labels tothe ends of the safety strings or wires.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL ALBERT HIRTH. Witnesses:

PoURUD ZUIPIG, WM. HAHN.

